HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth sailing competed in three regattas this weekend, including the Open Atlantic Coast Championship (hosted by Brown), the Yale Women's Regatta (hosted by Yale), and the Oberg Trophy (hosted by Northeastern). The weather was unfavorable at all three regattas, and most of the races went unfinished across the weekend.
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Open Atlantic Coast Championship:
Dartmouth finished seventh of 18 teams at Brown's Open Atlantic Coast Championship with 181 points in 10 races. The team beat Navy, Charleston, and Harvard, among others, in the overall standings. Roger Williams also finished with 181 points, but Dartmouth took seventh place on a head-to-head tiebreaker.
Chase Decker and
Lilly Baker sailed all 10 races in Division B and finished fifth in the division with 71 points. They opened with a win in race one, which put Dartmouth second overall behind only Yale. They added a third in race five and fourth-place finishes in races two and six. The duo then finished in the top 10 in four of their last five races to hold the division position.
Division A finished 11th with 110 points.
Ryan Satterberg and
Sage Sakowicz sailed races one through eight and put up fifth- and sixth-place finishes in races four and five.
Cooper Keeves and
Alexander Donahue took over for races nine and 10 and posted respectable finishes.
Dartmouth was ahead of Roger Williams for most of the regatta, leading by 18 points after race seven and still holding a one-point edge going into the last race. A strong finish from Roger Williams pulled the two teams even at 181, but Dartmouth took the head-to-head tiebreaker to stay in front.
Yale Women's Regatta:
Dartmouth finished eighth of 17 teams at the Yale Women's Regatta with 243 points over 13 races.
Charlotte West and
Lucia Duffy sailed all 13 races in Division B and finished sixth in the division with 88 points, just three points behind fifth-place Tufts. Their best finishes were third in races two and 12, with a fourth-place finish in race eight and fifth-place finishes in races three and seven. Race six was their only finish outside the top nine. They were consistent across both days, scoring 53 points in Saturday's first eight races and 35 in Sunday's last five.
Alders Kulynych-Irvin and
Grace Patterson sailed every race in Division A and finished 15th with 155 points. On Sunday, they scored 48 points over five races, then closed the regatta with a second-place finish in race 13, the best Division A finish of the weekend.
Oberg Trophy:
Dartmouth placed sixth of 17 teams at the Oberg Trophy, hosted by Northeastern, with 43 points. Only three races were completed, all on Saturday. Sunday brought almost no wind, and none of the attempted races could be finished. Dartmouth finished one point behind Boston University for fifth and two points ahead of Vermont in seventh.
Dartmouth's Division C boat finished third with 14 points, behind only Rhode Island and Salve Regina, which tied at 10 points. The boat opened with a third-place finish in race one, then took eighth in race two. It closed the day with another third in race three. Those two third-place finishes accounted for most of the team's edge in the standings.
The Division B boat finished with 29 points, tied with Northwestern for 10th in the division. It started with a 12th in race one, then moved up to 10th in race two and seventh in race three, its best finish of the regatta.
Up Next:
Dartmouth will host the Urn Trophy on Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 1, and will also compete at the Schell Trophy (hosted by MIT) and the Nickerson Trophy (hosted by Tufts) the same weekend.